Welcome

Prof John Saxton FBASES (Chair of the
Scientific Programme Committee)

"I am delighted to welcome you to BASES Conference 2018.

We aim to provide 2 days of world-leading content across sport and exercise sciences. Whether you wish to present your own research or listen to others, I hope you will join us for what promises to be an outstanding event."

Professor Yannis Pitsiladis

Professor Yannis
Pitsiladis was appointed Professor of Sport and Exercise Science at the
University of Brighton in 2013. His current research priority is the
application of 'OMICS' (genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and proteomics)
to the detection of drugs in sport with particular reference to recombinant
human erythropoietin, blood doping and testosterone. He is a member of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical and Scientific Commission, a
member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Scientific Commission of the
International Sports Medicine Federation (FIMS), and has sat on two WADA
committees. He is a Fellow of the American College of
Sports Medicine (ACSM) and an expert committee pool member of the Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

Professor
Pitsiladis is the founding member of the SUB2 marathon project: the SUB2 marathon project is the first dedicated international
research initiative made up of specialist multidisciplinary scientists from
academia, elite athletes and strategic industry partners with the aim to
promote clean marathon running; high performance marathon running without
doping. He is also the founding member of the Athlome Project.
The aim of the Athlome project is to characterise the genetics and biology of
sport and exercise medicine, as a platform to understanding healthy body
function and major chronic disease conditions, such as cardiovascular disease,
obesity and type 2 diabetes.